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Category Archives: Life
Value of life
Last year I heard of several deaths. Some of these are very close to me, my friends. Some are old. Some are very young. In one case it was a young boy who happened was bicycling home and made a … Continue reading
Posted in general, Life, philosophy
Tagged death, Life, meaning of life, philosophy, value of life
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Believing you are right is half the battle. Isn’t being right, right?
I wrote a few days back that being wrong is not so wrong. In fact, I argued that a healthy dose of skepticism is good in a lot of situations. Being wrong is also needed for innovation. What about being … Continue reading
Posted in Life, philosophy
Tagged being right, being wrong, innovation, kathryn schultz, Life, optimism
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Oxytocin – the many facets of love harmone
Oxytocin is mammalian hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in brain. It’s released mainly in women when they are about to go into labor or when mother’s are breast feeding their infant babies. it is released in large amounts after … Continue reading
Posted in biology, Life, science
Tagged autism, biology, happiness, oxytocin, science, science news
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Do you believe that you have to be right all the time? Is it possible that you might be wrong? Is being wrong, wrong?
We grow up with the notion that being wrong is a failure. Even 6 year olds just starting in school, know that being right is what makes you succeed. With that reinforced into all of us, we strive at every … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, Life, philosophy, science
Tagged being right, being wrong, books, innovation, kathryn schultz, Life, philosophy, science, science news
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The straw that broke the camel’s back or unpredictability of chaos demonstrated in the Tunisian revolution
Keep piling up load on a camel’s back. The stress will be mounting up on the camel’s legs or back but it’s not showing any symptoms of the stress. The master is oblivious to the fact that the came is … Continue reading
Posted in complexity, Life, science
Tagged chaos, complexity, jasmine, Life, revolution, science, science news, Tunisia
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Love is unbound by time
A new study led by Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., and Arthur Aron, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, compared the neural correlates of long-term married and in love individuals with individuals who had recently fallen … Continue reading
Scammers take advantage of any and all situations even the snow storm in europe
Very interesting and something everyone needs to watch out for. Fraudsters have been quick to take advantage of the delays and flight cancellations caused by bad weather in Europe to launch email scams. RCMP Sgt. Paul Proulx said hackers posing … Continue reading
Children with learning disabilities can learn to overcome thanks to brain plasticity advances
Have you ever read The Brain that Changes itself by Norman Doidge? This is an amazing book that I read couple years ago that impressed me and opened me to several facts including Brain plasticity, Arrow Smith School, Posit Science … Continue reading
Posted in autism, Life, science
Tagged ADHD, autism, brain, cognition, functioning of brain, science, science news
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Want to lose weight? Switch off that night lamp.
Exercise, eating less all work. However, NSF discover files podcast states that light affects not only your sleep but also your metabolism. A study at Ohio State University found some interesting correlations between the amount of light at night and … Continue reading
Posted in health, Life, science
Tagged exercise, fitness, health, Life, science, science news
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Alternative to Phosphorus based life found or synthesized? Big deal!
Arsenic’s atomic number is 33 and Phosphorus’ is 15. They share the same column in periodic table which means their chemical composition is similar. NASA found that bacteria which is very adaptable when deprived of Phosphorus in an Arsenic rich … Continue reading
Posted in biology, complexity, emergence, Life, physics, science, synthetic biology
Tagged biology, Life, science science news, synthetic biology
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